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Orvis to Open its Annual Guide Rendezvous to the Public
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A plethora of seminars and workshops take place over the course of the three-day
gathering, covering topics from CPR, boat and vehicle safety, and habitat
protection to social media and casting instruction workshops.
This year Orvis is throwing the gates wide open and all professional guides,
Orvis-endorsed or not, are welcome to attend the seminars and Guide Olympics,
taking place April 3-5, 2014.
Missoula is once more the host of the Rendezvous. With its strong fly-fishing
culture, collegiate atmosphere and outdoors heritage, ‘Zootown’ is the
perfect stage for a gathering of guides.
After the business part of the Rendezvous, join us on Saturday, April 5, 2014
for a celebration worthy of Montana's fly-fishing culture. The entire town of
Missoula - and anyone else who cares to join in - is invited to the Down the
Hatch festival at Caras Park. While fly fishing was once the province of tweedy
old guys smoking pipes and sipping Scotch, it has been energized in the past
decade with a strong youth movement.
We celebrate that movement - and nod to the past - in a party alongside the
mighty Clark Fork River. Down the Hatch vendors include various food peddlers,
Smith Optics Sunglasses, Big Sky Brewing, NRS, Scientific Anglers, Sawyer
Paddles, Hog Island Boat Works, Adipose Boatworks and many more.
Saturday evening will be topped off with the Orvis Fly Fishing Film Festival at
the Wilma Theatre. Hank Patterson of YouTube fame will kick off the evening,
encouraging anglers and guides to learn to laugh at themselves before we get
into the depths of fishy filmmaking. A modest $10 donation enters participants
into a raffle for a variety of ‘big kid’ prizes, including a Helios two rod
outfit, a trip to El Pescador Lodge in Belize and various guided trout fishing
trips in Montana. All proceeds go directly to Montana Trout Unlimited for their
habitat protection work.
For further information on the Guide Rendezvous, click HERE, or for the Down the
Hatch Fishing Festival click HERE.
Or contact Tom Rosenbauer at rosenbauert@orvis.com or 802-362-8521.